EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
Sostinės regionas had the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 of 235 regions in 2016, at 68.9%. Nord-Est had the lowest, at 14.6%. The median was 34.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 36.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2016 (%) | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sostinės regionas | 68.9 | +2 pts |
| 2 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 67.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 3 | Hovedstaden Series break | 58.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 4 | Eastern and Midland | 58.2 | 0 pts |
| 4 | Ile-de-France | 58.2 | +1 pts |
| 6 | Stockholm | 57.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 7 | Basque Country | 57.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 8 | Kýpros | 56.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 9 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 55.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 10 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 55.2 | +3.4 pts |
| 11 | Praha | 55 | +7.1 pts |
| 12 | Noord-Holland | 53.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 13 | Asturias | 52.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 14 | Navarre | 52.3 | +1.8 pts |
| 15 | Bratislavský kraj | 51.5 | +3.3 pts |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 51.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 15 | Midi-Pyrénées | 51.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 18 | Groningen | 51.1 | +6 pts |
| 19 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 50.1 | +3.9 pts |
| 20 | Northern and Western | 49.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 20 | Southern | 49.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 22 | Corse Low reliability | 49.3 | +12.5 pts |
| 23 | Grad Zagreb | 48.9 | |
| 23 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 48.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 25 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 48.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 26 | Sydsverige | 48.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 27 | Community of Madrid | 48.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 28 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 47.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 29 | Budapest | 47.7 | -3.9 pts |
| 30 | Attiki | 47.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | Małopolskie Series break | 46.8 | +2.5 pts |
| 32 | Auvergne | 46.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 32 | Rhône-Alpes | 46.4 | -2 pts |
| 34 | Wien | 46.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 35 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 46.2 | +5.4 pts |
| 36 | Västsverige | 46 | -0.4 pts |
| 36 | Zahodna Slovenija | 46 | +2.3 pts |
| 38 | Östra Mellansverige | 45.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 38 | Yugozapaden | 45.6 | +1.3 pts |
| 40 | Limousin | 45.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 41 | Łódzkie Series break | 45.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 42 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 45.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 42 | Catalonia | 45.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 44 | Galicia | 45 | -0.3 pts |
| 45 | Podlaskie Series break | 44.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 46 | Pays de la Loire | 44.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 47 | Pomorskie Series break | 44.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 47 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 44.5 | +3.6 pts |
| 49 | Alsace | 44 | +2.8 pts |
| 50 | Kentriki Makedonia | 43.7 | +4.4 pts |
| 50 | La Rioja | 43.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 52 | Oberbayern | 43.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 53 | Castile and León | 43 | -0.5 pts |
| 54 | Aragon | 42.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 54 | Noord-Brabant | 42.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 54 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 42.9 | +2.4 pts |
| 57 | Cantabria | 42.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 58 | Overijssel | 42.6 | +1.9 pts |
| 59 | Berlin | 42.4 | +3.5 pts |
| 59 | Poitou-Charentes | 42.4 | +5 pts |
| 61 | Franche-Comté | 42.3 | +6.5 pts |
| 62 | Latvija | 42.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 63 | Midtjylland Series break | 41.9 | +2.8 pts |
| 63 | Podkarpackie Series break | 41.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 65 | Bretagne | 41.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 65 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 41.7 | -3.2 pts |
| 65 | Śląskie Series break | 41.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 68 | Gelderland | 41.5 | -3.2 pts |
| 68 | Lubelskie Series break | 41.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 70 | Voreio Aigaio | 41.4 | +5.6 pts |
| 71 | Ipeiros | 41 | +1.8 pts |
| 72 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 40.9 | +4.3 pts |
| 73 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 40.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 73 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 40.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 75 | Prov. Antwerpen | 40.7 | -3.6 pts |
| 76 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 40.2 | +2.1 pts |
| 77 | Niederösterreich | 40 | +1 pts |
| 78 | Hamburg | 39.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 79 | Småland med öarna | 39.6 | -2.3 pts |
| 80 | Aquitaine | 39.2 | -5.7 pts |
| 81 | Eesti | 39.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 81 | Steiermark | 39.1 | +6.6 pts |
| 81 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 39.1 | -1 pts |
| 84 | Burgenland | 38.8 | -2.5 pts |
| 85 | Lorraine | 38.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 86 | Valencian Community | 38.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 87 | Kriti | 38.4 | +3.7 pts |
| 87 | Länsi-Suomi | 38.4 | -1.5 pts |
| 89 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 38.3 | +2.7 pts |
| 89 | Övre Norrland | 38.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 91 | Stuttgart | 38.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 92 | Prov. Liège | 38.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 93 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 38 | +0.2 pts |
| 94 | Limburg (NL) | 37.9 | -2.7 pts |
| 95 | Jihovýchod | 37.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 96 | Karlsruhe | 37.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 96 | Thessalia | 37.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 98 | Salzburg | 37.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 99 | Prov. Namur | 37 | -1.1 pts |
| 100 | Opolskie Series break | 36.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 101 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 36.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 101 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 36.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 103 | Darmstadt | 36.4 | +2 pts |
| 104 | Oberösterreich | 36.3 | +2.3 pts |
| 105 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 36.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 106 | Haute-Normandie | 36.1 | -5 pts |
| 106 | Norra Mellansverige | 36.1 | +2.5 pts |
| 108 | Etelä-Suomi | 35.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 109 | Dytiki Elláda | 35.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 110 | Canary Islands | 35.4 | +3.1 pts |
| 110 | Tirol | 35.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 112 | Nordjylland Series break | 35.3 | +1.3 pts |
| 113 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 35.2 | +4.2 pts |
| 113 | Kärnten | 35.2 | -3.1 pts |
| 115 | Mellersta Norrland | 34.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 115 | Region of Murcia | 34.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 117 | Tübingen | 34.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 118 | Extremadura | 34.3 | -3.8 pts |
| 118 | Malta | 34.3 | +2.4 pts |
| 120 | Köln | 34 | +3.7 pts |
| 120 | Unterfranken | 34 | +1.4 pts |
| 122 | Castilla-La Mancha | 33.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 122 | Champagne-Ardenne | 33.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 122 | Ionia Nisia | 33.9 | -3.2 pts |
| 125 | Basse-Normandie | 33.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 125 | Friesland (NL) | 33.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 125 | Prov. Hainaut | 33.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 128 | Flevoland | 33.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 129 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 33.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 130 | Dytiki Makedonia | 33 | +0.8 pts |
| 130 | Peloponnisos | 33 | -4.7 pts |
| 130 | Syddanmark Series break | 33 | +1 pts |
| 133 | Drenthe | 32.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 134 | Andalusia | 32.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 134 | Centre - Val de Loire | 32.8 | -6 pts |
| 136 | Stredné Slovensko | 32.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 137 | Balearic Islands | 32.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 137 | Norte | 32.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 139 | Sterea Elláda | 32.4 | +3.4 pts |
| 140 | Vorarlberg | 32.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 141 | Lubuskie Series break | 32.1 | -3 pts |
| 141 | Melilla Low reliability | 32.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 143 | Freiburg | 32 | +2 pts |
| 144 | Leipzig | 31.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 145 | Guadeloupe | 31.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 146 | Severen tsentralen | 31.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 147 | Mittelfranken | 31.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 148 | Severoiztochen | 31.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 149 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 31 | -3.8 pts |
| 150 | Moravskoslezsko | 30.9 | +4.4 pts |
| 151 | Bourgogne | 30.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 152 | Západné Slovensko | 30.5 | +3 pts |
| 153 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 30.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 154 | Střední Morava | 30.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 155 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 30.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 156 | Východné Slovensko | 30 | 0 pts |
| 157 | Oberpfalz | 29.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 158 | Pest | 29.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 159 | Marche | 29.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 159 | Martinique | 29.6 | -4.1 pts |
| 161 | Dresden | 29.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 161 | La Réunion | 29.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 161 | Picardie | 29.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 164 | Lombardia | 29.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 165 | Umbria | 29.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 166 | Emilia-Romagna | 29.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 167 | Lazio | 29.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 168 | Toscana | 29 | +0.6 pts |
| 169 | Veneto | 28.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 170 | Ceuta Low reliability | 28.7 | -2.7 pts |
| 171 | Gießen | 28.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 172 | Dél-Dunántúl | 28.5 | +2 pts |
| 173 | Bremen | 28.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 173 | Molise | 28.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 175 | Sjælland Series break | 28.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 176 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 28.1 | +6 pts |
| 176 | Schwaben | 28.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 178 | Jihozápad | 28 | +1.4 pts |
| 179 | Zeeland | 27.8 | -5.6 pts |
| 180 | Algarve | 27.7 | +7.4 pts |
| 181 | Severovýchod | 27.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 182 | Panonska Hrvatska | 27.3 | |
| 183 | Münster | 27.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 184 | Düsseldorf | 27.1 | 0 pts |
| 184 | Saarland | 27.1 | +5.6 pts |
| 186 | Dél-Alföld | 27 | -1.5 pts |
| 187 | Braunschweig | 26.8 | -4.1 pts |
| 187 | Hannover | 26.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 189 | Oberfranken | 26.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 189 | Trier | 26.6 | -2.4 pts |
| 191 | Basilicata | 26.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 192 | Abruzzo | 26.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 193 | Kassel | 26.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 193 | Střední Čechy | 26.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 195 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 25.9 | |
| 196 | Nord-Vest | 25.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 197 | Niederbayern | 25.3 | +1.7 pts |
| 197 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 25.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 197 | Piemonte | 25.3 | +1.8 pts |
| 200 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 25.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 200 | Liguria | 25.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 202 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 25.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 203 | Yugoiztochen | 25 | +1.5 pts |
| 204 | Észak-Magyarország | 24.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 205 | Centru | 24.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 206 | Detmold | 24.3 | +1 pts |
| 207 | Arnsberg | 24.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 207 | Észak-Alföld | 24.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 24.1 | -1 pts |
| 210 | Thüringen | 23.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 211 | Vest | 23.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 212 | Calabria | 23.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 213 | Schleswig-Holstein | 22.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 214 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 22.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 215 | Koblenz | 22.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 215 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 22.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 217 | Közép-Dunántúl | 22.3 | -2.4 pts |
| 217 | Weser-Ems | 22.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 219 | Chemnitz | 22.2 | -1 pts |
| 220 | Guyane | 21.5 | -3.7 pts |
| 221 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 21.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 222 | Notio Aigaio | 21.3 | -13.2 pts |
| 223 | Brandenburg | 21 | +2.4 pts |
| 224 | Campania | 20.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 224 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 20.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 226 | Lüneburg | 20.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 226 | Sud-Est | 20.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 228 | Puglia | 20.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 229 | Sardegna | 19.3 | +2 pts |
| 230 | Severozapaden | 19.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 231 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 18.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 231 | Severozápad | 18.6 | +3 pts |
| 231 | Sicilia | 18.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 234 | Sud-Muntenia | 18.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 235 | Nord-Est | 14.6 | -1.3 pts |
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About this ranking
People aged 25 to 34 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 34 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).
The EU has set a target of at least 45% by 2030 for this age group. It shows recent graduates; for the whole adult population use tertiary_attainment_share_25_64. Not comparable with the US bachelors_degree_share, which excludes associate degrees and covers everyone aged 25 and over.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 8 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table
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Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04), EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-34/eu-regions?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04), EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-34/eu-regions?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which region has the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34?
Sostinės regionas, with 68.9% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34?
Nord-Est, with 14.6% in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 8 regions have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.
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